The most notable thing about the makeup-free photo Taylor Swift posted to Instagram isn’t the fact that she isn’t wearing makeup, but rather that her cat Meredith is asleep on her shoulder. Too cute. [Us]

If you’ve ever suffered from painful, cystic hormonal acne, then you’ll know full well that it’s one of the most dreadful beauty problems to deal with. These little-known facts will help you learn a little bit more about the frustrating affliction. [Beauty High]

Lea Gabrielle is currently a Fox News reporter, but she used to be a fighter pilot and intelligence operations officer for the U.S. Navy. Here, she gives a little bit of insight into what your beauty routine is like when you’re a member of the armed forces. [Allure]

Beyond the usual summer makeup offerings, NARS will also be launching a collection of matte black temporary tattoos, just in time for festival season. [POPSUGAR Beauty]

When the perennially made-up Kim Kardashian shows off a makeup-free selfie on Instagram, the whole world listens… or at least looks. [Huffington Post]

Makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury, whose clientele includes Jennifer Lopez, Penelope Cruz, Rihanna, and most famously, Kate Moss, launched her own collection in the UK earlier this year. Come September, we’ll finally be able to get our hands on the products in the US. [Beauty High]

It’s rare to see Lady Gaga free of theatrics. The eccentric pop star certainly doesn’t go out in public without a full Look (yes, with a capital L)—green hair, transparent bodysuits, sidewalk-length white wigs, no pants to be found… Gaga spares no embellishments.

But when it comes to her private time, when she’s in her NYC apartment alone (or, we imagine, with boyfriend Taylor Kinney), we know that there must be a real human underneath all that face paint and those heavy wigs.

Gaga documented herself in her natural state on Twitter this week, and we have to say that as much as we love her aesthetic antics, a part of us wishes she would show this side of herself more frequently. We don’t know that she’s entirely without makeup—and if she is, then damn, girl, those eyebrows are flawless—but whatever she’s doing here, it looks great. We approve.